How AI reads define

Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek V3

Mistral 7B

Lexical record · WordNet measured

determine the essential quality of

Senses5

Synonyms8

Antonyms0

Representation snapshot

// qwen
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 0.00027
median activation = 8e-05
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d2492
value = -0.05508
median = 8e-05
z-score = -3.5305σ
absolute deviation = 0.05516

// deepseek
dimension count = 7,168
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 2e-05
median activation = 0.0001
std. deviation = 0.01181

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d6785
value = -0.08238
median = 0.0001
z-score = -6.9834σ
absolute deviation = 0.08248

// mistral
dimension count = 4,096
vector norm = 1.0
mean activation = 0.00023
median activation = -3e-05
std. deviation = 0.01562

// greatest deviation from median
dimension = d3296
value = -0.06856
median = -3e-05
z-score = -4.3864σ
absolute deviation = 0.06853

Semantic proximity · cosine similarity

Term	Cosine	Distance
defines	0.2614	0.7386
defined	0.2301	0.7699
defining	0.2080	0.7920
consider	0.1557	0.8443
describe	0.1521	0.8479
definition	0.1467	0.8533
include	0.1443	0.8557
denote	0.1427	0.8573

Term	Cosine	Distance
defines	0.6261	0.3739
defining	0.5921	0.4079
defined	0.5309	0.4691
describe	0.3757	0.6243
definition	0.3728	0.6272
specify	0.3095	0.6905
write	0.3058	0.6942
set	0.2957	0.7043

Term	Cosine	Distance
defines	0.4899	0.5101
defining	0.4235	0.5765
defined	0.4165	0.5835
describe	0.2716	0.7284
definition	0.2433	0.7567
specify	0.2315	0.7685
definitions	0.2232	0.7768
determine	0.2209	0.7791

Similarity is distributional, not a dictionary synonym label. High similarity can occur between antonyms because they occupy similar contextual environments.

Opposition candidates

Term	Cosine	Polarity Δ	Score	Relation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.

Term	Cosine	Polarity Δ	Score	Relation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.

Term	Cosine	Polarity Δ	Score	Relation
WordNet lists no antonyms for this word.

Seeds are WordNet antonyms, ranked by embedding geometry. Opposition is never inferred from cosine distance alone: antonyms sit close, not far.

Tokenization · per model measured

Model	Tokens	Pieces
DeepSeek V3	1	define
Mistral 7B	1	define
Qwen3 8B	1	define

Sense inventory · WordNet measured

Synset	POS	Definition	Lemmas
specify.v.03	verb	determine the essential quality of	specify, delineate, delimit, delimitate
define.v.02	verb	give a definition for the meaning of a word	n/a
define.v.03	verb	determine the nature of	n/a
define.v.04	verb	show the form or outline of	delineate
specify.v.02	verb	decide upon or fix definitely	specify, set, determine, fix, limit